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UW-Stout 4, UW-La Crosse 3 (11 inn) |
UW-La Crosse 5, UW-Stout 2
ONALASKA (April 8, 2013) - UW-Stout scored two runs in the top of the 11th inning to take a 4-3 first game win, but committed four errors in the nightcap and couldn't recover, dropping the second game to UW-La Crosse, 5-2, Monday at the Omni Center.
With the score knotted in the 11th inning at 2 apiece, Stout's
Erin Moss (Sr, Munster, Ind) reached on a one out single, advanced to second on a wild pitch, then scored on
Sam Hasting's (Jr, Waukesha) single to right center.
Alison Gray (Sr, St. Cloud, Minn) gave Stout a 4-2 lead when she came home on Gray's double.
The Eagles' Katie Fink led off the bottom of the 11th with a home run and Emily Holdorf singled. Holdorf was forced at second base. Stout pitcher
Tori Workman (Fr, Prior Lake, Minn) forced a pop up and struck out the final batter to get the 11 inning win, striking out five for the game.
Stout (15-5, 3-1 WIAC) scored two runs in the fourth inning, but the Eagles (14-6, 2-2 WIAC) cut the lead in half with a run in the fifth, then tied the game in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings.
Gray was 3-for-5 in the game, while Workman was 2-for-3. Fink was 4-for-4 for the Eagles.
In the late game, Stout took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when
Hannah Sweet (Jr, Elk River, Minn) drove in a pair of runs with a shot down the right field line. The Eagles put up their first run on the night in the bottom of the first with an infield hit. La Crosse would chip away all evening, tying the game in the fourth, taking the lead in the fifth and putting up a pair of runs in the sixth for the final score. None of the final four runs of the game were earned runs.
Nicole Rogers (Fr, Brooklyn Center, Minn) made her first collegiate start, allowing two runs, but only one earned, while scattering seven hits. But
Denise Sawdey (So, Medford) was saddled with the loss, pitching 1 2/3 innings, giving up one unearned run. Megan Nelson went the distance for the Eagles, scattering six hits, two runs, one earned. None of the four pitchers that worked the game notched a strikeout. There were only two walks in the game and no hit batters, but seven wild pitches.
Moss was 2-for-3 for Stout. Holldorf was 2-for-4 for La Crosse and Lindsey Sheehan was 2-for-3. The Eagles stranded 11 runners, while Stout left four on base.
Stout is scheduled to host UW-Eau Claire, Wednesday, April 10 at 4 p.m. and UW-Stevens Point, Sunday, April 14 at noon.
